All Posts By April Terrell

Brown + Healthy

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Michelle Nelson is a creative entrepreneur who thrives on life and leading with purpose.  She is a speaker, educator, artist, author, and personal trainer who recently relocated to Oakland, CA to share her wealth at Impact Hub Oakland. Michelle is working diligently in the black community to help uplift and empower people to live ...

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Boss Up…Be a Unicorn

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Jandie Smith Turner is a Mom-prenuer powerhouse taking the business of Golf by storm. Managing her multiple roles as wife, mother of two boys, successful business owner, and author is no easy feat.  Jandie shares her journey of entrepreneurship, building a family, and navigating the business of a white male-dominated industry. It was all a Dream 18 ...

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Own Your Breath

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Janessa Mondestin is the owner of Soulthentic Yoga.  The concept of Soulthentic is the gel of the word’s “soul” and “authentic”, it came from my experience of walking into yoga studios and feeling like “should I be there?” because they were always predominantly white spaces.  As a yoga teacher, I felt this cultural appropriation as ...

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The Power of Perseverance

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Tracy Curry is an American Mom raising two young boys, one having special needs.  Her heartwarming story details the challenges she faces in motherhood while simultaneously being a wife and successful businesswoman. The first time I became a mother I was extremely excited and did all of the things I imagine first time moms do.  I ...

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Strong as a Mutha

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Jenn DiMarino is the owner of Crossfit Finest in Metuchen NJ.  “Our goal is to help people of all backgrounds, fitness levels, ages, and limitations with their health and fitness goals whatever they may be.” She is a mom of two boys, age 2 and a newborn, and hopes to be a model for kindness ...

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Achieving the American Dream

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Kwanua Robinson is an American Mom on a mission to use exercise, play, music and art to foster healthy development and bring joy to all who encounters her space.  She is a Ghanaian woman who immigrated to America at 18 years old to attend college in hopes of achieving the American Dream.  Twenty years later, ...

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Be You

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Meet Danielle Johnson owner of Be You Girls Boutique and Nail Bar.  This American Mom strives to empower young girls to be themselves through creating a safe place for them to get pampered and feel special.  “I have always dreamed of doing something that had a positive impact on the lives of children. After ending ...

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Managing the Mental Load

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Becoming a mother has been the most rewarding and challenging experience to date.  As a child, I wondered why my mom was often stressed out and sometimes short tempered.  Fast forward thirty years, and now I totally understand. She was consumed and overwhelmed by the mental load.   I define the Mental Load as the organization ...

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